European Ornamental Holiday Stocking

A brown stocking with an orange flower and a red border like a cheerful frame.

This is an ornamental holiday stocking in suzani fabric. Suzani is an embroidered textile from Central Asia, and the word comes from the Persian for needle, since the designs are stitched by hand. A small stocking with a muted brown face and a raised orange flower stitched in thick thread at its center. A bright red edge outlines one side and the toe. A tan fringe with braid covers the cuff above a twisted loop. It is 4 inches wide and 6 long.

A modest bloom, stitched with absolute seriousness.